Article 18 All Officials
Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Secretary-General of the Authority, or, in the case of the Secretary-General, by the Assembly of the Authority, officials of the Authority shall enjoy:
immunity from suit and legal process and from personal arrest or detention in respect of acts, including words written or spoken, done by them in the exercise of their functions;
exemption from income tax in respect of salaries and emoluments received by them as officials of the Authority;
the like exemption from customs duties and taxes on the importation of articles which:
at or about the time when they first enter the United Kingdom to take up their posts as officials of the Organisation are imported for their personal use or that of members of their families forming part of their households, including articles intended for their establishment, and
are articles which were in their ownership or possession or that of such members of their families, or which they or such members of their families were under contract to purchase, immediately before they so entered the United Kingdom, as in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 36 of the 1961 Convention Articles is accorded to a diplomatic agent; and
the like exemption and privileges in respect of their personal baggage as in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 36 of the 1961 Convention Articles are accorded to a diplomatic agent, as if in that paragraph the reference to paragraph 1 of the Article were a reference to paragraph 1(c) of this Article.
Paragraph 1(b) of this Article shall not apply to pensions and annuities paid by the Authority.